The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-24
RE TYPEWRITER.

what 10 Required to Insure Success.
The typewriter. IL II is not already, Is
rapidly becoming mightier than the
pen. There is typewriter and steno-
grapher attached to all the hotels here.
as is probably the case in every other
city. Some of the stenographers are
making q great deal of money by .
little extra enterprise. To make n
great success it is necessary to combine
literary ability with mechanical quallf-
cations. The Observer was talking to
the young man at leading hotel the
other day and be related several anus
ing things in connection with his
business He found when he first start
ed that there we're great many men
who made a name for themselves in the
business world who were unable by
the use of their pens to compose a
letter; but they were good takers. He
would take their dictation, polish 1t up
a little, and when the work was COM
plete 1t possessed some literary merit.
OF course, this pleased this class of
patrons; and many of them who did
not write two letters a week would
send out treble that number every day.
To these men there is great fascina-
ton in talking to a stenographer, and
man unaccustomed to IL is often
astonished at the result OF his con-
versation, particularly when the steno-
grapher looks out for the punctuation
and superfuous words. BY advertising
in some Of the papers he has been able
to get a good deal of literary work, not
only from men. but from ladies.
Among his patrons are number Of
shop girls where education has been
sadly neglected. Still they are ambi-
tious to create the impression that they
are not without literary talents. They
have love-letters written, winding up
with poetry OF most sentimental
character Besides, they admire see
ing these produced by means of tyye-
writer, as it has for them about as
much fascination as it has for the
spring poet to see his illusions in cold
type This enterprislng young man is
also called upon to turn out works of
fiction, and has written speeches for
ward statesmen.
But the most amusing feature in this
line is the work he does for his male
patrons. Some OF them will start TO
dictate an ordinary letter; but as Mr..
Beaconsfcld once said, when they get
to talking they 'become intoxicated
with the exuberance of their own YER
bosity;" and before they know it they
have enough dictated to make column
in an ordinary newspaper. 1t has be-
come the fashion of a number of New
York swells to keep stenographers reg
nlarly employed. One well-known
dude keeps diary and dictates for two
hours every night before he retires. II
II could be published it would be pretty
sure to make mighty interesting read
ing 1t was very amusing short time
ago TO hear western senator. who was
debating to a stenographer in the cor
ridor Of hotel. He had never been
known to make speech while in the
senate, but as he talked to the steno-
grapher on this occasion he grew quite
eloquent Suddenly he forgot his sur
roundngs and let himself out. He
walked up and down and talked in a
very loud tone, gesticulated with both
hands, and soon had quite an audience,
but he kept right ahead and was un-
embarrassed. There are lots Of people
who dictate out loud in the corridors of
the hotels simply to attract attention.
and it tickles them greatly II you stop
ana listen TO them. -New FORK Graphic.